RAMI Research Awards, Tuesday 11th December 2018

11/12/2018 in RCPI, Corrigan & Graves Halls, 6, Kildare Street, 6, Kildare Street, Dublin 2

The Royal Academy of Medicine in Ireland in association with the Irish Journal of Medical Science held the RAMI Research Awards on Tuesday 11th December 2018.

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Congratulations to all the winners here listed:

Biomedical Sciences:  Dr. David P Burns won the category with the paper “Sensorimotor control of breathing in the mdx mouse model of Duchenne muscular dystrophy“. Published in the J Physiol.

Authors: David P. Burns¹, Arijit Roy², Eric F. Lucking¹, Fiona B. McDonald², Sam Gray³, Richard J. Wilson², Deirdre Edge³, Ken D. O’Halloran¹

Affiliations: Department of Physiology¹, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland; Hotchkiss Brain Institute², University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada; Department of Physiology³, Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute, Trinity College Dublin, the University of Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

Dermatology: Dr. Maeve McAleer won the category with the paper “Early-life regional and temporal variation in filaggrin-derived natural moisturizing factor, filaggrin-processing enzyme activity, corneocyte phenotypes and plasmin activity: implications for atopic dermatitis“. Published in the Br J Dermatol.

Authors: MA McAleer ^1,2, I Jakasa^I3, N Raj⁴, CPF O’Donnell⁵, ME Lane⁴, AV Rawlings⁴, R Voegeli⁶, WHI McLean⁷, S Kezic⁸, AD Irvine^1,2,9

Affiliations: National Children’s Research Centre¹, Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital, Dublin, Ireland; Paediatric Dermatology², Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital, Dublin, Ireland; Laboratory for Analytical Chemistry³, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Faculty of Food Technology and Biotechnology, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia; School of Pharmacy⁴, University College London, London, U.K.; Department of Neonatology⁵, National Maternity Hospital, Dublin, Ireland; DSM Nutritional Products Ltd⁶, Wurmisweg 571, Kaiseraugst, Switzerland; Dermatology and Genetic Medicine⁷, Division of Biological Chemistry and Drug Discovery, School of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, Dundee, U.K.; Coronel Institute of Occupational Health⁸, Amsterdam Public Health Research Institute, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Department of Clinical Medicine, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.

Endocrinology: Professor Carel W le Roux won the category with the paper “3 years of liraglutide versus placebo for type 2 diabetes risk reduction and weight management in individuals with prediabetes: a randomised, double-blind trial.” Published in the Lancet.

Authors:le Roux CW¹, Astrup A², Fujioka K³, Greenway F⁴, Lau DCW⁵, Van Gaal L⁶, Ortiz RV⁷, Wilding JPH⁸, Skjøth TV⁹, Manning LS⁹, Pi-Sunyer X¹⁰; SCALE Obesity Prediabetes NN8022-1839 Study Group.

Affiliations: Diabetes Complications Research Centre¹, Conway Institute, University College Dublin, Ireland; Investigative Science, Imperial College London, London, UK; Department of Nutrition², Exercise and Sports, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark; Division of Endocrinology³, Department of Nutrition and Metabolic Research, Scripps Clinic, La Jolla, CA, USA; Pennington Biomedical Research Center⁴, Louisiana State University System, Baton Rouge, CA, USA; Departments of Medicine and Biochemistry and Molecular Biology⁵, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada; Department of Endocrinology⁶, Diabetology and Metabolic Diseases, Antwerp University Hospital, Antwerp, Belgium; Departamento Endocrinología⁷, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Ciudad Madero, México; Department of Obesity and Endocrinology⁸, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK; Novo Nordisk A/S⁹, Soeborg, Denmark; Division of Endocrinology and Obesity Research Center¹⁰, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.

General Practice: Dr. Andrew O’Regan won the category with the paper “Is problem alcohol use being detected and treated in Irish general practice“. Published in the BMC Fam Pract.

Authors:  A O’Regan¹, W Cullen², L Hickey³, D Meagher³, A Hannigan3

Affiliations: Graduate Entry Medical School¹, Faculty of Education and Health Sciences, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland; School of Medicine², University College Dublin, Health Sciences Centre, Belfield, Dublin, Ireland; Graduate Entry Medical School³, Faculty of Education and Health Sciences, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland.

Medical Microbiology: Dr. Laura Ryan won the category with the paper “Antimicrobial resistance and molecular epidemiology using whole-genome sequencing of Neisseria gonorrhoeae in Ireland, 2014-2016: focus on extended-spectrum cephalosporins and azithromycin“. Published in the Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis.

Authors:  Ryan L¹, Golparian D², Fennelly N³, Rose L³, Walsh P⁴, Lawlor B⁴, Mac Aogáin M⁵, Unemo M², Crowley B^3,6.

Affiliations: Department of Clinical Microbiology¹, St James’s Hospital, Dublin, Ireland; WHO Collaborating Centre for Gonorrhoea and other Sexually Transmitted Infections², Department of Laboratory Medicine, Clinical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine and Health, Örebro University, Örebro, Sweden; Department of Clinical Microbiology³, St James’s Hospital, Dublin, Ireland; Department of Computing⁴, Cork Institute of Technology, Cork, Ireland; Department of Clinical Microbiology⁵, Trinity Translational Medicine Institute, School of Medicine, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland; Department of Virology⁶, St James’s Hospital, Dublin, Ireland.

Oncology: Dr. Annette T Byrne won the category with the paper “Loss of chromosome 18q112q121 is predictive for progression free survival in metastatic colorectal cancer patients treated with bevacizumab”. Published in the J Clin Oncol.

Authors:  van Dijk E¹, Biesma HD¹, Cordes M¹, Smeets D¹, Neerincx M¹, Das S¹, Eijk PP¹, Murphy V¹, Barat A¹, Bacon O¹, Prehn JHM¹, Betge J¹, Gaiser T¹, Fender B¹, Meijer GA¹, McNamara DA¹, Klinger R¹, Koopman M¹, Ebert MPA¹, Kay EW¹, Hennessey BT¹, Verheul HMW¹, Gallagher WM¹, O’Connor DP¹, Punt CJA¹, Loupakis F¹, Lambrechts D¹, Byrne AT¹, van Grieken NCT¹, Ylstra B¹.

Affiliations:   Erik van Dijk, Hedde D. Biesma, Martijn Cordes, Maarten Neerincx, Paul P. Eijk, Henk M.W. Verheul, Nicole C.T. van Grieken, and Bauke Ylstra, Vrije Universiteit Medical Center; Gerrit A. Meijer, Netherlands Cancer Institute; Cornelis J.A. Punt, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam; Miriam Koopman, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands; Dominiek Smeets and Diether Lambrechts, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium; Sudipto Das, Orna Bacon, Jochen H.M. Prehn, Bryan T. Hennessey, Darran P. O’Connor, and Annette T. Byrne, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland; Verena Murphy, Cancer Trials Ireland; Anna Barat, Deborah A. McNamara, and Elaine W. Kay, Beaumont Hospital; Bozena Fender and William M. Gallagher, OncoMark Ltd; Rut Klinger and William M. Gallagher, University College Dublin, Dublin, United Kingdom; Johannes Betge, Timo Gaiser, and Matthias P.A. Ebert, University Hospital Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany; and Fotios Loupakis, Veneto Institute of Oncology IOV-IRCCS Padua, Italy.

Ophthalmology: Dr. Niamh Wynne won the category with the paper “Target 5000 Target Capture Sequencing for Inherited Retinal Degenerations“. Published in Genes (Basel).

Authors: Dockery A¹, Stephenson K², Keegan D², Wynne N³, Silvestri G^4,5, Humphries P¹, Kenna PF^1,3, Carrigan M¹, Farrar GJ¹

Affiliations: The School of Genetics & Microbiology¹, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 2, Ireland; Ophthalmology Department², The Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Dublin 7, Ireland; The Research Foundation³, Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital, Dublin 2, Ireland. Department of Ophthalmology⁴, The Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast BT12 6BA, Northern Ireland, UK; Centre for Experimental Medicine⁵, Queen’s University Belfast, Belfast BT7 1NN, Northern Ireland, UK

Psychiatry: Dr. Joanne Kenney won the category with the paper “The Arcuate Fasciculus Network and Verbal Deficits in Psychosis“. Published in Transl Neurosci.

Authors:Kenney JPM¹, McPhilemy G¹, Scanlon C¹, Najt P¹, McInerney S^1,2, Arndt S¹, Scherz E¹, Byrne F¹, Leemans A³, Jeurissen B⁴, Hallahan B¹, McDonald C¹, Cannon DM¹

Affiliations:  Centre for Neuroimaging & Cognitive Genomics (NICOG)¹, Clinical Neuroimaging Laboratory, NCBES Galway Neuroscience Centre, College of Medicine Nursing and Health Sciences, National University of Ireland Galway, H91 TK33, Galway, Ireland; Departments of Psychiatry², St Michaels Hospital & University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada; Images Sciences Institute³, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands; iMinds-Vision Lab⁴, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium.

Public Health Medicine/Epidemiology: Dr. Andrew O’Regan won the category with the paper “Is problem alcohol use being detected and treated in Irish general practice“. Published in the BMC Fam Pract.

Authors:  O’Regan A¹, Cullen W², Hickey L³, Meagher D³, Hannigan A³

Affiliations: Graduate Entry Medical School¹, Faculty of Education and Health Sciences, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland; School of Medicine², University College Dublin, Health Sciences Centre, Belfield, Dublin, Ireland; Graduate Entry Medical School³, Faculty of Education and Health Sciences, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland.

Surgery: Professor Colum Dunne won the category with the paper “Inclusion of the Mesentery in Ileocolic Resection for Crohn’s Disease is Associated With Reduced Surgical Recurrence“. Published in the J Crohns Colitis.

Authors:  Coffey CJ^1,2,3, Kiernan MG^2,3, Sahebally SM^1,2,3, Jarrar A⁴, Burke JP^5,6, Kiely PA^2,3,7, Shen B^4,8, Waldron D¹, Peirce C¹, Moloney M⁹, Skelly M⁹, Tibbitts P^1,2, Hidayat H¹, Faul PN¹⁰, Healy V¹⁰, O’Leary PD¹, Walsh LG^1,2,3, Dockery P¹¹, O’Connell RP^5,6, Martin ST⁵, Shanahan F¹², Fiocchi C^8,13, Dunne CP^2,3.

Affiliations:   1Department of Surgery, University Hospital Limerick, Limerick, Ireland; 2Graduate Entry Medical School, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland; 3Centre for Interventions in Infection, Inflammation and Immunity [4i], University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland; 4Lerner College of Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH, USA; 5Centre for Colorectal Disease, St Vincent’s University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland; 6School of Medicine, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland; 7Health Research Institute [HRI], University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland; 8Departments of Gastroenterology/Hepatology, Digestive Disease and Surgery Institute, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH, USA; 9Department of Gastroenterology, University Hospitals Limerick, Limerick, Ireland; 10Department of Pathology, University Hospitals Limerick, Limerick, Ireland; 11Department of Anatomy, National University of Ireland Galway, Galway, Ireland; 12Department of Medicine, Alimentary Pharmabiotic Centre, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland; 13Department of Pathobiology, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH, USA.